Default file type
Files are of the type (Kind on the Video tab) of Movie, Music Video, TV Show or
Short Film. tagChimp allows searching based on the kind of file (except
for Short Film). In order to facilitate this, MetaX will assign a kind if one doesn't exist in the
file based on the user's preference. You can select one of Movies, TV Show or
Music Video, or have MetaX prompt you for the file type when you open the file.
Saving a copy of the original file
To tag a movie file, MetaX needs to completely rewrite the file. On rare
occasions, if MetaX crashes in the part of the program that is doing this, the
movie file can be corrupted and no longer playable. To protect against this,
MetaX can save a copy of the original file before it's tagged. So there are three
possibilities:
- Don't save a copy, neither "Save originals in recycle bin" or "Save originals in
Deleted Directory" are checked.
- Save a copy in the recycle bin. If you choose this option and your recycle bin
is not active, you will be notified of this. If you later write a file to a different
disk whose recycle bin is not active you'll be warned of this when you start the
write. Note: If you have "Reply Yes to all Confirmations" checked, the only
notice you'll get is a note in the status area.
- Save a copy in Deleted Directory. A directory called Deleted will be created in
the directory where the movie file resides. A copy will be saved there before
the movie is tagged
- and delete Original This deletes the original file after tagging. If this is used, the file is tagged, and
then moved to the tagged directory. This is useful for using the automatic feature
of iTunes (see Updating iTunes).
Place tagged files in ...
If you would like to have the tagged file go to a different directory, you can specify
that here. You can either use an absolute path (c:\Tagged) or a relative path
(tagged) which will be created in the directory where the original file exists.
Create title BasedOnCamelCaseFileName
If there is no title tag in the movie, MetaX will attempt to create a title (and search
item) based on the filename. The default is to just use the filename minus the
extension. This option will break the title up based on capital letters, so
ThisIsATest would become This Is A Test.
File Tagging
If you want the filename to be changed based on information in the tags, you can
use this option. There is a separate format string for Movies versus TV Shows.
You can embed %n values in the string to include information from the tags. The
specifiers are:1 - Title2 - Year3 - TV Series Name4 - TV Season #5 - TV Episode #6 - TV Episode TitleSo, for example, a string of "%3 S%4E%5 - %6" used with an episode of Burn
Notice might result in "Burn Notice S1E3 - Nothing Left To Lose.m4v"
Only specifiers 1 & 2 can be used for movies, while all 6 can be used for TV
Shows.
If you enter a new filename in the write queue, this overrides the file tagging
option.